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4. Arch of
Septi mius Severus QUIRINAL
A 19th-century
engraving shows CAPITOL
the arch after ESQUILINE
the Forum was
first excavated. FORUM
AVENTINE PALATINE
Locator Map
See Central Rome Map pp16–17
The Forum
Santi Luca e Martina was in cluded the area
an early medieval church, under Via dei Fori Key
but was rebuilt in 1635–64 Imperiali. More Suggested route
by Pietro da Cortona. parts have now
been made public.
0 meters 75
2 Curia
This 3rd-century 0 yards 75
rebuilding of the
Curia was greatly
restored in 1937.
1 Basilica Aemilia
V I A D E I F O R I I M P E R I A L I
This large meeting hall
was razed to the ground
V I A D E L L A C U R I A V I A D E L L A S A L A R A V E C C H I A in the 5th century AD.

Entrance to
Forum

The Temple of
Julius Caesar was
erected in his memory
by Augustus on the
spot where Caesar’s
body was cremated
after his assassination
in 44 BC.
V I A S A C R A
Julius Caesar
To Roman Forum: East
See pp82–3

8 Temple of Castor and Pollux
A temple to the twin brothers (of whom
only Pollux was fathered by Jupiter) stood on
this spot from the 5th century BC. This
section of cornice and its supporting
columns date from its rebuilding in AD 6.

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